Hamish PEPPER and Carl WILLIAMS (NZL) held on to their lead on day two of the ISAF Grade C1 Silver Investor Solutions Star North American Championship. However they now lie just one point ahead of Xavier ROHART and Pascal RAMBEAU (FRA) in Miami, USA.

Fredrik LÖÖF and Ander EKSTRÖM (SWE) were the stars of the day, taking a 1, 2 for the third and fourth races of the series. However the Swedish pairing blew their chances of overall victory after going OCS in both races on the opening day.

The weather stole the show during the second race of the second day. The race was started in 9-10 knots at about 240 degrees. The sky was overcast and cumulus clouds with very dark bottoms marched their way from the Everglades to Biscayne Bay. The anvils grew higher as the fleet sailed back upwind in light chop toward a dirty grey wall that swallowed the shoreline behind it. ROHART and RAMBEAU rounded the weather mark first.

Lightning Strike

They rounded the offset mark just as the first lightning bolt hit. LÖÖF and EKSTRÖM were a thunder clap behind them. The first ten boats bore away and took off on a plane on the leading edge of the front. Those who followed had a hard time handling the 30 knot gust that came through. Clean up crews dodged lightning bolts as they followed the fleet toward the finish line and Coconut Grove.

At the end of four races PEPPER and WILLIAMS, ROHART and RAMBEAU and Robert SCHEIDT and Bruno PRADA (BRA) have 12, 13, and 23 points, respectively. Andy HORTON and Brad NICHOL (USA) are the leading North American contenders, sitting in fourth with 42 points. Defending champions George SZABO and Mark STRUBE (USA) are in sixth, ten points behind HORTON and NICHOL.

Top Ten

Pos

Nation

Helm

Crew

R1

R2

R3

R4

Pts

1

NZL

Hamish PEPPER

Carl WILLIAMS

1

1

3

7

12

2

FRA

Xavier ROHART

Pascal RAMBEAU

5

3

4

1

13

3

BRA

Robert SCHEIDT

Bruno PRADA

7

6

5

5

23

4

USA

Andy HORTON

Brad NICHOL

25

2

2

13

42

5

GER

Marc PICKEL

Ingo BORKOWSKI

9

7

8

19

43

6

USA

George SZABO

Mark STRUBE

20

12

9

11

52

7

SUI

Flavio MARAZZI

Michael HERRMANN

21

10

6

24

61

8

NZL

Rohan LORD

Peter FOX

24

5

13

20

62

9

USA

Andrew MACDONALD

Brian FATIH

4

19

16

27

66

10

USA

John MACCAUSLAND

Robert SCHOFIELD

15

18

23

10

66

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